Virtual and augmented-reality capable gift box

Abstract

Embodiment apparatus and associated methods relate to configuring a container with trigger devices physically detectable by a mobile device configured to deliver to a head mounted display multimedia content segments captured from a simulated medical procedure experience, providing the container with the head mounted display to a physical participant scheduled to physically experience the medical procedure, and automatically providing a virtual experience including the scheduled medical procedure to the physical participant based on adapting the timing, sequence, or participant point of view of the multimedia content segments delivered to the head mounted display in response to triggers detected by the mobile device. In an illustrative example, the medical procedure experience may be surgery. In some examples, the participant may be an acute care surgical patient. The virtual experience may include, for example, arrival, check-in, pre-operative care, or recovery, associated with the surgery. Various examples may advantageously provide improved patient satisfaction.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising a box adapted to trigger a mobile device to deliver a virtual reality experience, comprising:
 a box, comprising a planar structure formed in sections divided along creases disposed in the planar structure at substantially right angles to adjacent creases; and,   a trigger device, physically detectable by a mobile device, and disposed substantially conformant with a plane of the planar structure.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the trigger device further comprises an image. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the image further comprises encoded data. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the trigger device further comprises text. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the trigger device further comprises an audio emitter. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the trigger device further comprises an emitter of radio-frequency energy. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the trigger device further comprises a removable sticker. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the box further comprises at least one tab displaying a visual representation of a portion of a virtual reality experience. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the box further comprises an exterior marking identifying a Virtual Procedure Provider. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the box further comprises an interior marking identifying a hospital. 
     
     
         11 . A process to adapt a simulated experience to a participant scheduled to receive a physical experience, comprising:
 configuring a container with trigger devices physically detectable by a mobile device configured to deliver to a head mounted display multimedia content segments captured from the simulated experience;   scheduling delivery of the container with the head mounted display to a physical participant scheduled for the physical experience; and,   automatically providing a virtual experience including the simulated experience to the physical participant based on adapting the timing, sequence, or participant point of view of the multimedia content segments delivered to the head mounted display in response to triggers detected by the mobile device.   
     
     
         12 . The process of  claim 11 , wherein the participant is an acute care surgical patient. 
     
     
         13 . The process of  claim 12 , wherein the virtual experience further comprises multimedia content segments representative of the patient's perioperative experience. 
     
     
         14 . The process of  claim 12 , wherein the virtual experience further comprises multimedia content segments representative of the patient's arrival to or departure from a hospital. 
     
     
         15 . The process of  claim 11 , wherein the participant is a prospective guest at a hotel, and the virtual experience further comprises multimedia content segments representative of the hotel. 
     
     
         16 . The process of  claim 11 , wherein the participant is a health care worker trainee learning to provide a medical procedure, and the virtual experience further comprises multimedia content segments representative of the medical procedure. 
     
     
         17 . A process to deliver a virtual experience including a simulated experience to a physical participant, comprising:
 configuring a box with physically detectable devices adapted to trigger a mobile device to deliver a virtual reality experience;   configuring a mobile device to adapt the timing, sequence, or participant point of view of the multimedia content segments delivered to a head mounted display in response to triggers detected by the mobile device, the mobile device comprising:
 a processor; 
 a sensor module adapted to physically detect a trigger device, the sensor module operably and communicatively coupled with the processor; and, 
 a memory that is not a transitory propagating signal, the memory connected to the processor and encoding computer readable instructions, including processor executable program instructions, the computer readable instructions accessible to the processor, wherein the processor executable program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
 detecting a trigger device; 
 adapting the timing, sequence, or participant point of view of the multimedia content segments as a function of the detected trigger device; and, 
 delivering the adapted multimedia content segments to a head mounted display. 
 
   
     
     
         18 . The process of  claim 17 , wherein the participant is an acute care surgical patient. 
     
     
         19 . The process of  claim 18 , wherein the operations performed by the processor further comprise delivering multimedia content segments representative of the patient's perioperative experience. 
     
     
         20 . The process of  claim 17 , wherein the operations performed by the processor further comprise adapting the timing, sequence, or participant point of view of the multimedia content segments as a function of participant biological response detected by the sensor module.